Bastard Landlord

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[Verse 1]
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Oh Lord won't you tell me I'm sure I don't know,
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Who makes the plans that change our lives so,
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From a place in the country so peaceful and calm,
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We moved up to London as the bombs fell around,
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On a street by the river where the rent it was cheap,
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The Landlord he told us "Its yours to keep",
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For regular payment week after week,
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You'll always have a roof under which you can sleep.

[Verse 2]
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The years past by, the war came to an end,
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We lived out our lives did nothing to offend,
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But the Landlord's conditions yearly they grew,
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With the size of his gut and his housing values,
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He'd kneel on a Sunday and pray to the Lord,
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For the deals of love his world cannot afford,
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When the Bastard he came round to put up our rent,
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We swallowed our pride and we smiled our best.

[Chorus]
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Bricks and mortar, Kingdom of Stone,
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Where do you go when you're all alone,
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They'll carve your name where you lie,
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And I for one no tears will cry.

[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
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Greed knows no boundaries, greed doesn't feel,
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I'm damned if I'll die for a profiting deal,
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The woman next door she just passed away,
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'Cause the rent got so high that she just couldn't pay.,
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And there in the bed she closed up her eyes,
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The last time she gazed on this world of lies,
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With nowhere to go and nothing to say,
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She went to the next world and the Bastard he smiled.

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Bricks and mortar, Kingdom of Stone,
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Where do you go when you're all alone,
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They'll carve your name where you lie,
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And I for one no tears will cry.

[Bridge]
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[Verse 4]
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Oh Lord won't you tell me I'm sure I don't know
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What makes some people so callous and cold
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I've lived in this house for forty-four years
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My children were born here, its here I'll grow old
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A curse on you, Bastard Landlord be damned
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Who needs one more house like a beach needs more sand
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I'll stay here till I'm done only nobody knows
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How God can let one man treat others so